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16-letter words containing h, o, l, s, t, e

  • electrotherapist — One who administers electrotherapy.
  • erythroblastosis — A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood.
  • eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
  • escutcheon plate — a plate or shield that surrounds a keyhole, door handle, light switch, etc, esp an ornamental one protecting a door or wall surface
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • extrachromosomal — Happening outside a chromosome.
  • fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
  • ferrous sulphate — an iron salt with a saline taste, usually obtained as greenish crystals of the heptahydrate, which are converted to the white monohydrate above 100°C: used in inks, tanning, water purification, and in the treatment of anaemia. Formula: FeSO4
  • flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
  • furniture polish — product: shines wood
  • gastroesophageal — Of or relating to the stomach and to the esophagus.
  • general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
  • geochronologists — Plural form of geochronologist.
  • glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
  • glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
  • go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
  • gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
  • goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
  • hayes-compatible — (communications)   A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
  • health food shop — a shop which sells health foods
  • health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
  • health-conscious — having an active interest in one's health
  • heat of solution — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance dissolves completely in a large volume of solvent
  • hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
  • hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
  • henley-on-thames — a city in SE Oxfordshire, in S England: annual rowing regatta.
  • hesitation waltz — a waltz based on the frequent use of a step that consists of a pause and glide.
  • heterometabolism — insect development in which the young hatch in a form very similar to the adult and then mature without a pupal stage
  • heterometabolous — undergoing development in which the young are born adultlike in form, often maturing without a pupal stage.
  • historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
  • homeless shelter — a hostel for homeless people
  • horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
  • hospital corners — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
  • hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
  • hostile takeover — a takeover that is not approved by the management of the corporation being acquired or that is accomplished through the secret purchase of stock.
  • hot stove league — devotees of a sport, especially baseball, who meet for off-season talks.
  • hot-stove league — devotees of a sport, especially baseball, who meet for off-season talks.
  • household knight — bachelor (def 5).
  • household troops — the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
  • household-knight — an unmarried man.
  • hubble telescope — a telescope launched into orbit around the earth in 1990 to provide information about the universe in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet ranges
  • hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
  • in lockstep with — progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
  • in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
  • in the spotlight — prominently featured
  • inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.
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